Shots ABLE, BAKER, CHARLIE, and DOG, The First Tests of the TUMBLER-SNAPPER series 1 April - 1 May 1952.

Abstract

The first chapter of this volume describes the physical setting and general characteristics of Shots ABLE, BAKER, CHARLIE, and DOG and briefly introduces the Desert Rock exercises and the scientific activities in which DOD personnel participated. The remaining four chapters address each of the four shots in turn. Each of these chapters describes the setting and characteristics of one detonation and details DOD participation in the scientific projects conducted by the test groups. The chapters describing CHARLIE and DOG also discuss the training activities associated with Exercise Desert Rock IV. The chapters conclude by discussing the radiological protection procedures used to minimize the potential for exposures to ionizing radiation. Details of the overall radiological protection program at Operation TUMBLER-SNAPPER are provided in the series volume, 'Operation TUMBLER-SNAPPER, 1952',

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jun 15, 1982
Accession Number
ADA122241

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